Struggling Brechin City will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Cove Rangers in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Cove Rangers play their home games on artificial turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Cove Rangers when playing on grass are 13 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 26 matches. They have scored 62 goals and conceded 39 times in these games.
Brechin City form and stats
With 2 League Two wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Brechin City, who have the most conceded goals (39) in League Two, are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The home supporters saw a 0-0 draw versus Albion Rovers in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. Heartbreak before that as Brechin City lost 1-3 at Elgin City's place.
Brechin City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 9 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Brechin City defense is not exactly impregnable. 16 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Cove Rangers form and stats
5-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cove Rangers, who have the most scored goals (47) in League Two, in their League Two matches away.
Cove Rangers won their last game, 2-0 versus Elgin City played at home. Preceding that game was the away victory against Queen's Park with the score of 3-1.
The Cove Rangers manager P. Hartley has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 9 league matches. For Cove Rangers, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Cove Rangers - Brechin City 3-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Last three meetings between the teams: Brechin City won 1, Cove Rangers won 2 and 0 draws. 3 games with over 2,5 goals, 0 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Megginson 12 goals |   P. McManus 7 goals |  J. Masson 6 goals |
Brechin City missing players
Cove Rangers missing players
| Brechin City | Cove Rangers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 22 | 47 |
| 39 | 16 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 20 | 23 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 72% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 89% | 83% |
| 33% | 22% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 44% |
| 28% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 44% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 56% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 44% |
| 28% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7 | 6.4 | 7.9 |
| 6.3 | 5.9 | 2.5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 159 | 93 | 19 | Total Shots | T S | 35 | 119 | 277 |
| 64 | 37 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 47 | 113 |
| 34% | 27% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 47% | 39% |
- All of Cove Rangers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Brechin City has the most conceded goals (39)
- Brechin City has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
- Brechin City has the the worst goal difference (-17)
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals (22) away
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals (47)
- Cove Rangers has the most scored goals in the first half (24)
- Cove Rangers has the the best goal difference (+2) away
- Cove Rangers has the the best goal difference (+24)
- Cove Rangers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cove Rangers have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cove Rangers have scored in all their matches so far.
- Cove Rangers have scored more than double the goals of Brechin City.
- Cove Rangers have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Cove Rangers have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Cove Rangers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cove Rangers | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 43 |
| 2 | Edinburgh City | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 4 | Annan Athletic | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 22 | -5 | 27 |
| 5 | Elgin City | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Stirling Albion | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 7 | Queen's Park | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 8 | Albion Rovers | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Stenhousemuir | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -16 | 16 |
| 10 | Brechin City | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 14 |